About the role:

As a member of the Process Excellence team, you are designing and leading the technology’s platforms to create synergy between sites. These technology platforms result in significant improvements in driving Process manufacturing efficiency.

Key responsibilities:

• Take the lead to set a standard way of working for each technology platform facilitator.
• Govern standards (creating and approvals) coming from the technology’s platforms.
• Steering CI Way of working.
• Coaching of community facilitators
• Lead and consolidate technology’s platform roadmaps.
• Responsible for global process policies (SOPa, process capability, …) with Process Excellence Managers for further deployment as standards in the sites.
• Tracks the progress of the technology’s platforms and reports to Process Excellence and Manufacturing.
• Guide the technology platform facilitators along the way in the realization of the community objectives and priorities.
• Secure the visibility of the technology platform successes and activities to the external stakeholders (site managers, stream leaders,...).
• Accountability to make global process standard didactic, and understandable for roll-out.
• Responsible to follow and report technology’s platforms KPIs.
• Supported by representative persons from Manufacturing, lead the validation and support of standardization and diamonds (break troughs) through the technology’s platforms.
• Support CI Way of working in process reliability and technical availability with cross-functional teams (Manufacturing, QA, CI, Digital, Asset) as a problem-solving support for the network (i.e. troubleshooting, safe operations, environmental compliance, product quality etc.), to reduce cost, deliver reliability and efficiency on an ongoing basis.
• Provide advisory all along process innovation projects
• Validate learning material with cross-functional teams and interact with the Gemba school.
• Assist in the development of best practices, the definition of standards, and set up governance for technology platforms to support competence development through coaching and training.
• Build and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with regional and local support functions.

About you:

• You have a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Bioscience-engineering, Chemistry or Physics with a first professional experience (3-5 years) in food production.
• Experience in the food or process industry is preferred, manufacturing experience is a must.
• Background as a process engineer controller is a plus.
• Lean manufacturing and 6-sigmas education is a plus.
• English – advanced (must have), knowledge of other languages is advantage as you need to communicate in an international context.
• You have a broad interest in sharing experiences and setting standards.
• You have continuous improvement skills: method and mindset.
• You are able to scale a best practice into a standard as well as describe operational guidelines.
• You are easily able to switch between a 20,000-foot (regional/global level) strategic view and the smallest shop floor detail.
• Versed at turning strategy into actions delivering through others.
• You are a confident and assertive facilitator and presenter.
• Able to influence and motivate stakeholders from operator up to board level to adopt and understand the necessary beliefs, behaviors, and Gemba routines.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and build good working relationships with stakeholders
• Coaching skill.
• Pragmatic and solution-oriented thinker.
• Resilient and internal drive to lead cultural change.
• High degree of integrity and humility.
• Gives and receives feedback openly to inspire continuous learning and improvement.
• A sense of fun, bringing energy to the day-to-day.

We offer:

• Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
• Annual bonus based on your work results.
• Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
• Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
• Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
• PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
• Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
• Group life insurance.
• Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
• As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
• Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
• Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
• And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
• Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
• You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
• Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
• Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
• We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
• Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.